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Lessons Learned from Mental Health and Education: Identifying Best Practices for Addressing Violent Extremism Year of publication: 2015 Author: Stevan Weine | B. Heidi Ellis | Ron Haddad | Alisa B. Miller | Rebecca Lowenhaupt | Chloe Polutnik Corporate author: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) The overall purpose of this research was to identify assets from the mental health and education fields that could contribute to best practices for preventing and intervening against violent extremism. Specifically we aimed to address the following questions:1) What prior knowledge, programmes or interventions within the mental health and education fields could contribute to best practices and other strategies that could help stop violent extremism? 2) How can professionals from the mental health and education fields best become involved in stopping violent extremism? 
Countering Terrorism through Education of Populations: The Case of African Countries Year of publication: 2011 Author: Simon M. Lelo Terrorism has become a major concern of current governments. African countries are also involved in counter- terrorism but, due to several internal security and development problems, their effective participation in the combat against terrorism is very limited. They need capacity and skills in order to participate actively in countering terrorism. Education is one of the most appropriate ways for preparing African countries to prevent terrorism. Education provides not only knowledge but also capacity to make informed decisions, strategies and policies. The international community should help African countries to strengthen their education through specialized and general training programmes. 
Intelligence, Global Terrorism and Higher Education: Neutralising Threats or Alienating Allies? Year of publication: 2016 Author: Tania Saeed, David Johnson This article draws on narratives of Muslim students, their experiences of existing counterterrorism policies, to examine the effects of the new security framework. It asks whether there is another way – a broader framework in which intelligence agencies and academic institutions can pool resources, not to improve statecraft, but to respond more effectively to threats, both known and unknown. 
Security, Extremism and Education: Safeguarding or Surveillance? Year of publication: 2015 Author: Lynn Davies This article analyses how education is positioned in the current concerns about security and extremism. Initially, a central dilemma is acknowledged: that schooling appears to be simultaneously irrelevant to the huge global questions of security and yet central to the learning of alternative ways to conduct human relations. With regard to extremism, two aspects of importance in ideological compliance or challenge are firstly the attempted securitization of education, and secondly the role of education in young people joining or supporting extremist movements. Educational approaches within transitional justice underline the importance of tackling violence in schools and promoting a human rights culture that promotes both human security and ultimately national security. 
Reaching the Youth: countering the Terrorist Narrative Year of publication: 2012 Author: Thomas Koruth Samuel This monograph studies the issue of the dynamics of youth and terrorism, paying close attention to the methods used by terrorists to entice the youth, the message or the narrative of the terrorists, and the possible counter-narrative that could be subsequently developed. 
The Causes of the Phenomenon of Extremism Among University Students and Methods of Reducing it from Their Point of View (A Field Study) Year of publication: 2016 Author: Ramadan Abdel-Hamid Mohamed El-Tantawi | Mahmoud Abdel-Hamid Hussein Kamal | El-Sayed Mohamed Abdel-Meguid Abdel-Aal | Osama Mahmoud Zidan | Moataz El-Morsi El-Nagari | Mohamed Ramadan Abdel-Hamid El-Tantawi Corporate author: Damietta University The study seeks to identify the reasons that lead to the spread of the phenomenon of extremism. And also discuss the most feasible and appropriate methods in curbing the phenomenon of extremism. The paper ends with recommendations and solutions to reduce this phenomenon. 
Trust me Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: Childnet International The main aim of this resource is to educate young people about inaccurate and pervasive information that they might come across online. This resource is intended to stimulate and facilitate discussions around online risk.Developed in partnership with the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) Safeguarding Board, the resource contains lesson plans for both primary and secondary level that aim to empower educators to discuss how to think critically around the areas of content, contact, and propaganda material that may seek to persuade or change their views. 
School Online Safety - Self review tool Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: South West Grid for Learning Trust (SWGfL) The Self Review Tool is intended to help schools to review their current online safety policy and practice. It provides management information and stimulus that can influence the production or review of online safety policies and develop good practice and process for identifying strengths and weaknesses. It also focuses on opportunities for commitment and involvement from the whole school as well as a continuum for schools to discuss how they might move from a basic level provision for online safety to practice that is aspirational and innovative. 
Talking about values in the classroom Year of publication: 2015 Author: Don Rowe Corporate author: Citizenship Foundation The publication introduces teachers to a method of working with stories that enable students to develop a range of skills in thinking and talking about moral issues. It aims to expand the pupils' vocabulary concerning moral, values and ethical questions and critical thinking tools. 
Radicalisation and Terrorism: A Teacher's Handbook for Addressing Extremism Year of publication: 2015 Author: Alison Jamieson | Janet Flint This practical handbook provides a reliable and objective resource to enable lower secondary school teachers to tackle the complex subjects of terrorism and radicalization with confidence. The text covers issues of citizenship, human rights and respect, civil and political engagement, the nature of identity and how we identify with others. It examines different forms of violence from bullying to the most recent examples of 21st century terrorism. Historical precedent is used to illustrate a variety of contexts in which political violence has occurred, from Assassins through Suffragettes to militancy in South Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Oceania.